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National Dog Show tomorrow, free events today

The 2016 National Dog Show Presented by Purina, the one that will be shown on Thanksgiving day on NBC, takes place tomorrow, Nov. 19, at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks in Montgomery County. The cost to get in is $16 for people age 13 and older, $7 for children aged 4 to 12 and free for children age 3 and younger.

Sketches of the three new breeds approved for breed judging by the American Kennel Club for 2016.

The show runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday. Nearly 2,000 dogs spanning 175 breeds are entered and all of them that attend must be on display, or benched, for the entire day. The American Kennel Club approved three new breeds for conformation competition: Sloughi, in the Hound Group; Pumi, in the Herding Group; and American Hairless Terrier in the Terier Group. The AHT and Pumi are slated to participate in the NDS.

Another benched show is slated for Sunday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there will be a wide range of dog activity displays such as diving dogs, agility and freestyle flying disc demonstrations.

However, today, Nov. 18, there is free admission to an unbenched show that is also hosted by The Kennel Club of Philadelphia at the same location. There will be loads of vendors and although the dogs are not required to be there the entire day, you can see them while they are competing in the show rings.

WEEU 830 AM, Berks County’s only locally owned radio station, will be broadcasting live from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. today when the Good Afternoon Berks Country crew heads to the expo center. Get a chance to meet hosts Matt Gorney and Kelly Donkin.